Second graders have just begun a new writing project. Inspired by the story ofBeatrice's Goat, students are writing a short autobiography, using Microsoft Word. Their stories will be posted on a blog where they can read each other's autobiographies and comment on them.
Here is the outline for their three paragraph story:
Paragraph # 1
Tell us about when you were a baby. Do you remember a story that you have been told by your parents or grandparents about when you were born. Or do you remember a story from when you were one, two or three years old? Your stories can be true, funny or sad. Paragraph # 2 Tell us about the most important thing that has happened in your life – a special birthday, the birth of a sibling, a special holiday or vacation, a pet that you love, the first day of school, somebody who you love who was very sick or died, or when you met a new friend. Paragraph # 3 If you could be anywhere, doing anything, 20 years from now, what would your dream be?
1/2011
Here are several of the completed current event summaries.
Next week second graders will begin a new project. Inspired by the story of Beatrice's Goat,students will be writing a short autobiography focusing on the most important event in their life. Their stories will be posted on a blog where they can read each other's autobiographies and comment on them. Here is a link to learn more about the story ofBeatrice's Goat.
Second graders have just begun their second project this year in computer lab. They are working in teams and choosing a current event from the website DOGONews, http://www.dogonews.com/. Using Microsoft Word they will write a short summary of their current event and then draw an illustration using MicroWorlds Jr.
Second graders are learning about exciting robotic inventions, including robots that are being used to assist in heart surgery, a dancing robot designed to help autistic children and the Mars Rover. Students are now working on designing their own robot on paper. After deciding what task their robot will perform, students are considering six major design elements: looks, sensing, movement, manipulation, energy and intelligence. Using MicroWorlds Jr., they will then create an animation of their robot doing the task it was designed to carry out.
Students have used this worksheet to design a robot on paper.
What job or task is your robot designed to do? It can be one or two things, but not more than two things.
IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER WHAT YOUR ROBOT IS DESIGNED TO DO AS YOU DECIDE WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE, HOW IT WILL MOVE, HOW IT IS POWERED AND HOW IT GETS ITS’ ENERGY!!!
What can your robot “SENSE” about its’ world? What sensors will it have?
Camera
Touch
Sound
Temperature
Video
Radar
How is your robot powered?
Solar
Wind
Batteries
Plug
Fuel
If your robot moves, how does it move?
Wheels
Legs
Arms
Thrusters
Tracks
|| Turn this paper over and draw what your robot will look like.
Here are just a few of the robots that students designed on paper and are now using MicroWorlds Jr. to create an animation of their robot doing the task it was designed to carry out.
A robot that make glasses and deliver them to children.
A robot that cheers sad children up.
A robot that deliver medicine to sick children.
A robot that rescues drowning people.
A robot that rescues lost cats and dogs and returns the animals to their owners.
3/2011
Second graders' autobiographies and drawings will be posted on this blog as they are completed:
http://thechildrensschool.com/blog/computer2/2010/12/17/hello-world/
2/2011
Second graders have just begun a new writing project. Inspired by the story of Beatrice's Goat, students are writing a short autobiography, using Microsoft Word. Their stories will be posted on a blog where they can read each other's autobiographies and comment on them.
Here is the outline for their three paragraph story:
Paragraph # 1Tell us about when you were a baby. Do you remember a story that you have been told by your parents or grandparents about when you were born. Or do you remember a story from when you were one, two or three years old? Your stories can be true, funny or sad.
Paragraph # 2
Tell us about the most important thing that has happened in your life – a special birthday, the birth of a sibling, a special holiday or vacation, a pet that you love, the first day of school, somebody who you love who was very sick or died, or when you met a new friend.
Paragraph # 3
If you could be anywhere, doing anything, 20 years from now, what would your dream be?
1/2011
Here are several of the completed current event summaries.
Next week second graders will begin a new project. Inspired by the story of Beatrice's Goat, students will be writing a short autobiography focusing on the most important event in their life. Their stories will be posted on a blog where they can read each other's autobiographies and comment on them. Here is a link to learn more about the story of Beatrice's Goat.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/01/11/60minutes/main666166.shtml?tag=currentVideoInfo;videoMetaInfo11/8/2010
Second graders have just begun their second project this year in computer lab. They are working in teams and choosing a current event from the website DOGONews, http://www.dogonews.com/. Using Microsoft Word they will write a short summary of their current event and then draw an illustration using MicroWorlds Jr.
Second graders are learning about exciting robotic inventions, including robots that are being used to assist in heart surgery, a dancing robot designed to help autistic children and the Mars Rover. Students are now working on designing their own robot on paper. After deciding what task their robot will perform, students are considering six major design elements: looks, sensing, movement, manipulation, energy and intelligence. Using MicroWorlds Jr., they will then create an animation of their robot doing the task it was designed to carry out.Students have used this worksheet to design a robot on paper.
What job or task is your robot designed to do? It can be one or two things, but not more than two things.
IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER WHAT YOUR ROBOT IS DESIGNED TO DO AS YOU DECIDE WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE, HOW IT WILL MOVE, HOW IT IS POWERED AND HOW IT GETS ITS’ ENERGY!!!
Camera
Touch
Sound
Temperature
Video
Radar
Solar
Wind
Batteries
Plug
Fuel
Wheels
Legs
Arms
Thrusters
Tracks
Turn this paper over and draw what your robot will look like.
Here are just a few of the robots that students designed on paper and are now using MicroWorlds Jr. to create an animation of their robot doing the task it was designed to carry out.
A robot that make glasses and deliver them to children.
A robot that cheers sad children up.
A robot that deliver medicine to sick children.
A robot that rescues drowning people.
A robot that rescues lost cats and dogs and returns the animals to their owners.